Access restored to ACS journals via EZproxy

Access to American Chemical Society journals via EZproxy has been restored. ACS has lifted the block on our EZproxy server whilst we trace and contact the user whose usage triggered the earlier IP block.


For example, it is now possible to access JACS at  http://pubs.acs.org.ezproxy.liv.ac.uk/journal/jacsat again.

Please ensure that your use of the library's online resources falls with in our acceptable use guidelines, so that incidents like this are minimised.

Royal Society of Chemistry 2012 e-books purchased

We have purchased the 2012 RSC e-books collection.

Access is available now from http://pubs.rsc.org.ezproxy.liv.ac.uk/en/ebooks?key=collection/set&value=2012.

The Library Catalogue, Discover, and the library web pages will be updated in due course.

New Elsevier journal agreement

The Library has signed up to the new JISC Collections NESLi2 'Big Deal' journal agreement with Elsevier.

Under the new agreement, which runs for 5 years from 2012 to 2016, we have decided to cancel a few low-use (but usually high-price) titles:

Advances in Mathematics
Annals of Pure and Applied Logic
Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans
Information and Computation
International Journal of Multiphase Flow
Journal of Algebra
Journal of Computer and System Sciences
Journal of Mathematical Economics
Journal of Number Theory
Journal of Symbolic Computation
Nuclear Data Sheets
Physics Reports
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics

Nevertheless we will continue to have on-going access to these titles as long as they remain in Elsevier's "Freedom Collection".
 
Instead we will start subscriptions to several more journals in 2012:
 
Academic Radiology
Advances in Anesthesia
Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
Advances in Pediatrics
Advances in Surgery
Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Annals of Tourism Research
Annals of Vascular Surgery
AORN Journal
Arthroscopy: the Journal of Arthroscopy and Related Surgery
Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Body Image
Brachytherapy
Breast Diseases: A Year Book Quarterly
British Accounting Review
Business Horizons
Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
European Management Journal
Healthcare Management Forum
Heart Rhythm
Human Resource Management Review
Information & Management
International Journal of Diabetes Mellitus
International Journal of Production Economics
Journal of AAPOS
Journal of Business Research
Journal of Business Venturing
Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
Journal of Equine Veterinary Science
Journal of Great Lakes Research
Journal of Hand Surgery (American Volume)
Journal of Hand Therapy
Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Journal of International Management
Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences
Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology
Journal of Operations Management
Journal of Renal Nutrition
Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Journal of the American College of Certified Wound Specialists
Journal of the American College of Radiology
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Journal of Veterinary Cardiology
JVIR: Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Leadership Quarterly
Medical Dosimetry
Organizational Dynamics
Practical Radiation Oncology
Pregnancy Hypertension: an International Journal of Women's Cardiovascular Health
Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance
Reproductive Biomedicine Online
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Tourism Management
Urological Science
Vaccine

Some of these have not been available to us before because they are not included in the Freedom Collection, and others are our best-used, non-subscribed titles in the collection. By subscribing to these titles we will earn permanent access to the content published during our subscription. We are only subscribing to new titles where usage statistics show that a reasonable number of abstracts have been viewed, suggesting that there is demand for these titles.

SciFinder is now ONLY on the web and has UNLIMITED users

This is a reminder that the client (desktop software) version of SciFinder was discontinued on 31st August 2011.

The web version is now the only version of SciFinder. It offers:

• an unlimited number of simultaneous users
• the same CAS content as the client version
• a simple and intuitive interface
• convenient access, anytime, anywhere
• powerful features not found in the client version

To use the web version of SciFinder you need to register. (Off-campus users will be prompted to login to EZproxy to reach this registration page). The email address that you supply during registration must ends in @liverpool.ac.uk. Once registered, you will then be able to login to SciFinder at http://scifinder.cas.org.ezproxy.liv.ac.uk/.

View an interactive demo of the web version of SciFinder or look at the How to Guides featuring Explore by Research Topic, Explore by Chemical Structure, Explore by Substructure, and Explore Reactions.

SciFinder switch from client to web

Due to increasing popularity and new development of the web version of SciFinder, the client version of SciFinder will be discontinued on 31st August 2011 so all users will need to use the web version.

The web version offers:

• the same CAS content as the client version
• a simple and intuitive interface
• convenient access, anytime, anywhere
• powerful features not found in the client version

To use the web version of SciFinder you need to register. (Off-campus users will be prompted to login to EZproxy to reach this registration page). The email address that you supply during registration must ends in @liverpool.ac.uk. Once registered, you will then be able to login to SciFinder at http://scifinder.cas.org.ezproxy.liv.ac.uk/.

View an interactive demo of the web version of SciFinder or look at the How to Guides featuring Explore by Research Topic, Explore by Chemical Structure, Explore by Substructure, and Explore Reactions.

ScienceDirect eBooks in 2011

Throughout 2011 we will have access to around 7,800 additional eBook titles on ScienceDirect. This is part of a usage-driven acquisition trial with Elsevier and the Universities of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow.

We now have access to all eBooks in the following subjects on ScienceDirect:

Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Business, Management, Hospitality and Tourism
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Computer Science
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Energy
Engineering
Environmental Science
Finance
Forensics
Immunology and Microbiology
Materials Science
Mathematics
Media Technology
Medicine and Dentistry
Neuroscience
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science
Physics and Astronomy
Psychology
Veterinary Science
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine

At the end of the year we will be able to retain access to a number of titles of our choice, up to a maximum value.

20 Cengage e-textbooks purchased

We have purchased 20 core e-textbooks from Cengage Learning. We have mutiple copies of these books on the library's shelves but this is the first time that these titles have been made available online. These books have been made available on the Myilibrary platform but note that an unlimited number of people can access any of these titles at the same time.

Catalogue records are in the process of being created for each book, but access is available now (including off-campus access via EZproxy):

AISE Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach (Wooldridge)
Business Analysis & Valuation IFRS Edition Text & Cases (Palepu et al)
Calculus: Metric International Version (Stewart)
Chemical Principles (Zumdahl)
Communicate! (Verderber & Verderber)
Communication Between Cultures (Samovar, Porter & McDaniel)
Consumer Behavior (Hoyer & MacInnes)
Economics: Special edition (Mankiw & Taylor)
Global Business (Peng)
International Financial Reporting & Analysis (Alexander, Britton & Jorissen)
International Marketing Strategy (Doole & Lowe)
Management (Daft, Kendrick & Vershinina)
Management & Cost Accounting (Drury)
Managerial Statistics (Keller)
Marketing Research: Approaches, Methods and Applications in Europe (Kent)
Marketing: Concepts and Strategies, European Edition (Dibb et al)
Organic Chemistry (McMurry)
Principles and Practice Of Marketing (Blythe)
Strategic Management (Thompson & Martin)
Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples, Shorter Version (Titon & Todd)

TRIAL: CRCnetBASE e-books

We have a trial of CRCnetBASE until 14th May 2010.

CRCnetBASE is the science and technology e-books platform from the CRC Press imprint of Taylor & Francis Group. It includes over 5,000 titles, and they presented in PDF chapters without restrictive Digital Rights Management (DRM) software.

We are trialling the full list of subjects available (just click on the subject to trial the titles available):

Biomedical Science (539)
Business & Management (696)
Chemical Engineering (158)
Chemistry (786)
Clean Tech (153)
Computer Science & Engineering (286)
Economics (767)
Engineering - Civil (365)
Engineering - Electrical (748)
Engineering - General (127)
Engineering - Mechanical (377)
Engineering - Mining (28)
Environmental Science & Engineering (610)
Ergonomics & Human Factors (127)
Food & Nutrition (561)
Forensics & Criminal Justice (284)
Geoscience (29)
Healthcare (104)
Homeland Security (74)
Industrial Engineering & Manufacturing (252)
Information Technology (402)
Life Science (756)
Material Science (481)
Math (447)
Medicine (353)
Nanoscience & Technology (113)
Occupational Health & Safety (110)
Pharmaceutical Science & Regulation (268)
Physics (401)
Polymer Science (102)
Public Administration & Public Policy (70)
Social Sciences (537)
Statistics (279)
Water Science & Engineering (213)

We may already access to some of the titles in CRCnetBASE through Taylor & Francis's main e-books platform. It is possible to purchase individual titles, or to purchase or subscribe to collections.

After trying CRCnetBASE please leave your comments below. You can choose the anonymous option to comment without needing to have a Blogger account, but it helps if you include your name in your feedback so that we can follow up on comments.

ACS Symposium Series now available

We have purchased the ACS Symposium Series online from 1974 to date, and access is now available from http://pubs.acs.org.ezproxy.liv.ac.uk/series/symposium. We will be adding catalogue records for all titles soon.

The ACS Symposium Series contains high-quality, peer-reviewed books developed from the ACS technical divisions' symposia. Each chapter is carefully authored by an expert in the field, and the collection of chapters edited by an internationally recognized leader in the field. The series covers a broad range of topics including agricultural and food chemistry, cellulose and renewable materials, chemical education, organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, materials, and many others.

ACS Symposium Series e-books are provided in simple PDF chapters, with none of that Digital Rights Management (DRM) software that we know you hate.

Royal Society of Chemistry e-books now available

We have purchased the complete set of Royal Society of Chemistry e-books and access is now available from http://www.rsc.org.ezproxy.liv.ac.uk/Publishing/eBooks/index.asp and we now have catalogue records for them.

The collection contains over 800 titles published from 1968 to date, and includes titles aimed at undergraduates, postgraduates and staff.

The collection covers many subject areas (including the environment, materials science and nanoscience) - and indeed should appeal to anyone who likes beer or chocolate!

RSC e-books are provided in simple PDF chapters, with none of that Digital Rights Management (DRM) software that we know you hate.

TRIAL: Reaxys - DiscoveryGate Replacement

We have a trial of Elsevier's new platform for Beilstein and Gmelin, Reaxys, until 15th May 2009.

To access this trial go to www.reaxys.com. Off-campus users should use the Windows Terminal Service version of Internet Explorer. If we proceed with a subscription we will set up access via EZproxy as usual.

Reaxys has been designed by chemists to improve the workflow of chemistry researchers. Its search, analysis and workflow tools are designed around the needs and common tasks of users, including:

- Synthesis planner to design the optimum synthesis route
- Multi-step reactions to identify precursor reactions underlying synthesis of target compounds
- Additional search capabilities such as the ability to generate structure query from names or phrases
- Search result filters by key properties, synthesis yield, or other ranking criteria
- Results visualization
- Similarity search
- Transformation analysis

For more information see the Reaxys info site.

After using Reaxys please leave your comments below. You can choose the anonymous option to comment without needing to have a Blogger account, but it helps if you include your name in your feedback so that we can follow up on comments.